Frameworks such as Espresso and Mockito provide easy-to-use APIs that make writing tests for various scenarios easier. The important thing to consider while writing tests is the units of responsibility that emerge as you design the new feature. The unit test should cover all possible interactions with the unit, including standard interactions and exceptional scenarios. In this article, Vivek Maskara will cover the fundamentals of testing and frameworks which developers can use to write unit tests.
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Capacitor and cutting-edge web technologies such as Vue.js and Ionic 4 web components to build cross-platform mobile applications for Android and iOS.
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With modern email service providers, it’s easier than ever to create a first-class transactional email experience for your users, but, for most of us, the challenge lies in the fact that you don’t know what you don’t know. If you’re sending transactional email for your application, you’ve probably got the basics down, but you may be missing out on some of the more advanced best practices without even knowing it. With this guide, Garrett Dimon will help you make sure that you haven’t overlooked anything and aren’t unwittingly doing something wrong that could be hurting your delivery or user experience for your recipients.
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Flutter makes building cross-platform mobile applications a breeze. It allows high-performance, beautiful applications to be built for iOS and Android from a single code base. It is also the development platform for Google’s upcoming Fuchsia operating system. In this article, Mike Bluestein introduces Flutter, compares it to other mobile development platforms, and shows how to use it to get started building apps.
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WordPress can work as an excellent back-end platform for your next native app, especially if it is content-driven or an online shop. In this article, Muhammad Mushin will show you the foundations for building mobile apps with React Native and WordPress. You will learn how to build an e-commerce application for iOS and Android using the WooCommerce platform as your backend. This would be an ideal starting point for anyone willing to get into native cross-platform development.
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Not all developers are aware of how useful React Native actually is. Here are some tips on how to create an audio and video recording app by using Expo development tools. In this article, Oleh Mryhlod will share some insights about the high-level capabilities of React Native and the products you can develop with it in a short period of time. By the end of this guide, you should have all the necessary knowledge to create video/audio recording functionality with React Native. Let’s get into it.
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Since last year, it has been possible to add Siri support to an app if it fits into one of Apple’s pre-defined use cases. Adding Siri support to an app has a lot of steps, with a lot of configuration. But the code needed to handle the requests is fairly simple. In this article, Lou Franco will take you through the steps of setting up a extension on Apple’s developer website and of adding the Siri extension code to the app. Find out if SiriKit will work for you and how to use it.
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Humans can’t endure boredom for a long time, which is why products that are built for non-exciting, repetitive tasks so often get abandoned and gather dust on computers and phones. When your product deals with repetitive tasks, it’s hard to keep users excited about it. That’s where UI comes into play. In this article, Alice Kotlyarenko will talk about elements that make an interface more emotional.
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After defining your project, you need to test how it will work before you begin to develop it. It is possible to represent the interactivity of an app before its development, and this gives developers a global vision of an app’s functioning, user behavior and steps to afford. There are many ways to design and create an app’s look. In this article, Manuela Langella will show you how to transfer an app’s design from Photoshop to XD, and how to work on it and having fun while prototyping.
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Is it possible to use digital musical instruments as browser inputs? With the Web MIDI API, the answer is yes! The best part is, it’s fairly quick and easy to implement and even create a really fun project. In this article, Peter Anglea will cover the basics of MIDI and the Web MIDI API to see how simple it can be to create a web app that responds to musical input using JavaScript.
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